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The Oil Drum: Drumbeat: October 23, 2009
Peak Oil News: To Cut Global Warming, Swedes Study Their Plates
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Sweden requiring CO2 emission labeling on food: http://bit.ly/1lgxcr -> quote of the day "You feel guilty picking red meat", yeah sure LOL 17 days ago |
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NYTimes: To Cut Global Warming, Swedes Study Their Plates http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/world/europe/23degrees.html 19 days ago |
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To Cut CO2 Emissions, In Sweden They Study Their Diet - http://bit.ly/1lgxcr (article in NY Times) #climate #cop15 20 days ago |
Drumbeat: October 23, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... US belief in global warming is cooling
WASHINGTON – Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming.
Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even as the U.S. and world forums gear up for possible action against climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/world/europe/23degrees.html
STOCKHOLM — Shopping for oatmeal, ...
To Cut Global Warming, Swedes Study Their Plates
Peak Oil News —
... of other Swedes will soon find out. New labels listing the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods, from whole wheat pasta to fast food burgers, are appearing on some grocery items and restaurant menus around the country. People who live to eat might dismiss this as silly. But changing ones diet can be as effective in reducing emissions of climate-changing gases as changing the car one drives or doing away with the clothes dryer, scientific experts say. NY Times
U.S. Households as Greenhouse Gas Purveyors
Dot Earth —
... professor of sociology and crop and soil sciences at Michigan State University, looked at 17 different “household actions” to determine if they could have a significant effect on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They concluded that, over 10 years, shifting behavior could save 123 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, or 20 percent of household emissions in the United States, “with little or no effect on household well-being.” The U.S. study did not deal with dietary changes. As I wrote in The Times last week, the Swedish government is already encouraging its citizens to ...
EnviroBits: Swedish labeling, BPA in canning lids, and my love for Mark Bittman
EnviroMom —
... *** Oh those Swedes! First they get us hooked on modern particleboard furnishings, and now they've gone and started labeling food with carbon dioxide emissions! This information is supposed to help consumers make more informed choices about the food they buy in grocery stores and restaurants -- the lower the carbon rating, the better for the environment. The carbon rating measures the food's production -- the type of facility or soil in which it was grown, fuel used by machinery, packaging and transport. Will it work? Well, ...
Swedes Put First Carbon Labels On Food
Conservation Value Notes —
... According to the New York Times, it's part of an experiment being pioneered by the Swedish government's Nutrition Department: ...
